Darren Way says he wants to keep both Omar Sowunmi and Stuart Nelson at Yeovil Town beyond the end of the season.

Both players are out of contract in the summer but have impressed during the current campaign, with Sowunmi thriving at centre-back and Nelson having kept clean sheets in both of his games since joining the Glovers last month.

Sowunmi was the subject of interest from a top half League Two club in the January transfer window and is expected to be in demand again in the summer, although Yeovil would be entitled to compensation for the 22-year-old if he were to move on.

Nelson, 36, has spoken of his desire to earn a contract for next season having initially joined Yeovil on a deal to the end of the current campaign.

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Way said: “I’ve put my proposals to the board, not just with them but with other players, and now it’s going to be their commitment as to making sure that we mathematically stay safe because for any owner up and down the country, that’s first and foremost, making sure that we complete that objective.

“We offered Omar a contract a couple of months ago. I would like to say that it was a fair offer. Have negotiations broken down a little bit between me, Omar and the chairman? No, but as I’ve said in other instances, where it’s again himself and his agent, they’ve got ideas and perhaps they’ve ultimately got to be the ones to make that decision.

“Stuart doesn’t have to beg, borrow or steal off Yeovil just to make that future for himself, just because of his personality and character, and I like that.

“Some people may see that as arrogance, but that’s just knowing that you’re a good player, but at the same time I’ve got to secure his future.”

Stuart Nelson has kept clean sheets in both of his Yeovil Town appearances (Image: Gareth Davies/Pinnacle)

Way has urged Sowunmi to make sure that his next move is the right one for his career, citing the example of Alex Lacey, who left the club for Gillingham last summer but has struggled to establish himself at Priestfield, making just 11 league appearances.

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He added: “All I’ve said to Omar is that basically from his point of view, make sure you listen to what Yeovil has to offer because I’ve been in this situation before.

“With Lacey, I tried to do as much as I could to keep him, but the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

“Lacey hasn’t played a lot of football and I don’t think Olufela Olomola’s played a lot of football since he left this football club, and you’ve got to make sure that if you’re going to make that commitment, that you’re going to play football, because that’s what this football club has done.”